This example creates a new anchored `BasePart` named _Part_ at the position
`{0, 0, 0}`.

It then creates a new surface light with `brightness` of 1, `Color3` `color`
of `{255/255, 255/255, 255/255}` (white) and `range` of 16 studs. The surface
light's parent is set to the BasePart we created. To view the light, navigate
to the part at `{0, 0, 0}` or move the _Part_ created to a location visible to
the player.

Please note that the properties of the created surface light can easily be
changed by modifying the property values in the code sample below.
Additionally, if you have an existing surface light, you can also create a
similar script that modifies that surface light instead of creating a new
BasePart and light.


SurfaceLight

SurfaceLight.Angle

SurfaceLight.Face

SurfaceLight.Range

Light

Light.Brightness

Light.Color

Light.Enabled

Light.Shadows

Demonstrates detecting changes to an instance's ancestry by connecting to the `Class.Instance.AncestryChanged` event.

The ChangingPart's Parent is set to different values overtime. The parent of the part is the part's ancestor, so the `Class.Instance.AncestryChanged` event will fire whenever it changes.


Instance.AncestryChanged

child

parent

Instance.AttributeChanged

attribute

This snippet prints the names of objects as they are added to the Workspace:


Instance.ChildAdded

This snippet prints the names of objects as they are removed from the
Workspace:


Instance.ChildRemoved

This following example will print the name of any object that is added to the
Workspace:


Instance.DescendantAdded

descendant

The following example prints the name of any descendant as it is being removed
from the Workspace:


Instance.DescendantRemoving

This sample demonstrates how, when using Immediate signal behavior, an Instance being destroyed remains in place until the connected function yields.


This sample demonstrates how, when using Deferred signal behavior,
an Instance is destroyed before the signal fires.


Instance.Destroying

Instance.childAdded

Instance:AddTag

This example creates a Part and adds a few sparkle objects to the part. Then
it calls Part:ClearAllChildren() to remove all of the children.


Instance:ClearAllChildren

Demonstrates cloning a model using `Class.Instance:Clone()`.

Instance:Clone

Demonstrates destroying a Part using the `Class.Instance:Destroy()` function.

This function is the correct way to dispose of objects that are no longer required.


Instance:Destroy

Instance:FindFirstAncestor

name

Instance:FindFirstAncestorOfClass

className

Instance:FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA

The below would look in Workspace for an object name "Brick". If found, it
will change the name of the object to "Foo".


Instance:FindFirstChild

recursive

Instance:FindFirstChildOfClass

Instance:FindFirstChildWhichIsA

Instance:FindFirstDescendant

Instance:GetActor

Instance:GetAttribute

Instance:GetAttributeChangedSignal

Instance:GetAttributes

The below would print the name of all objects currently in Workspace when ran.


Instance:GetChildren

Instance:GetDebugId

scopeLength

GetDescendants is often used to do something to all the descendants that are a
particular type of object. The code in this example uses GetDescendants and
`Class.Instance:IsA()` to find all of the parts in the workspace and turns
them green.


Instance:GetDescendants

This code sample demonstrates the behavior of `Class.Instance:GetFullName()`.
It shows how the function behaves when called on an object not in the
`DataModel` hierarchy, and it also shows how the return value does not escape
special characters.


This code sample re-implements the `Class.Instance:GetFullName()` function in
Lua.


Instance:GetFullName

Instance:GetStyled

Instance:GetTags

Instance:HasTag

Demonstrates determining if one instance is the ancestor of another using `Class.Instance:IsAncestorOf()`

Workspace and SpawnLocation are ancestors of the SpawnLocation's decal.
Workspace is an ancestor of SpawnLocation.

SpawnLocation and its decal are descendants of Workspace, not ancenstors.
Decal is a descendant to SpawnLocation, not an ancestor.


Instance:IsAncestorOf

Instance:IsDescendantOf

ancestor

The following code demonstrates how a part can be re-added to the DataModel
after being removed:


Instance:Remove

Instance:RemoveTag

Instance:SetAttribute

value

The following code waits for an instance named "Part" to be added to
Workspace.


Instance:WaitForChild

childName

timeOut

Instance:children

Instance:clone

Instance:destroy

Instance:findFirstChild

Instance:getChildren

Instance:isDescendantOf

Instance:remove

Instance

Instance.Archivable

Instance.Capabilities

Instance.Name

Instance.Parent

Instance.RobloxLocked

Instance.Sandboxed

Instance.UniqueId

Instance.archivable

This sample demonstrates the subtleties of the Changed event on normal objects
and "-Value" objects.


This code sample demonstrates the Changed event firing within a parent object.


Object.Changed

property

This code sample demonstrates how to save a value before a changed event fires
on it in order to get more information about a change.


This code sample demonstrates the equivalence of the `Changed` event and event
returned by `GetPropertyChangedSignal`.


Object:GetPropertyChangedSignal

Demonstrates determining the class of Workspace using `Class.Instance:IsA()`

Workspace is of class 'Workspace', so the first statement is true.
Workspace is not of class 'BasePart', so the second statement is false.
Workspace inherits from Instance and therefore is of class 'Instance', so the third statement is true.


Object:IsA

Object:isA

Object

Object.ClassName

Object.className

/reference/engine/classes/SurfaceLight.yaml

A light source that emits illumination of a specified color and brightness
from a face for a specified range.


An `Class.Actor` is a container for code that can be safely split into its own thread.

Class

Actor

Luau

Array

A color value comprised of red, green, and blue components.

Data Type

Color3

Dictionary

The NormalId Enum sets which side/face of a Part is used.

Enum

Enum.NormalId

An object that runs connected functions upon a specific occurrence.

RBXScriptSignal

Variant

Data type having a value of either true or false.

bool

A double-precision floating-point number.

number

A sequence of characters, such as letters, numbers, and symbols.

string

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This method is asynchronous and returns an `Operation`, which represents the current state of the operation. It contains an endpoint path that you can poll to obtain the real response and applicable metadata. See the [documentation]({longRunningOperationsLink}) on long-running operations for more information.
            
The following sections describe the response and metadata objects that are provided when an operation completes.

Beta endpoints are ready for public use. Breaking changes are possible but rare.

This field may be set when creating a resource, but may not be modified by subsequent requests.

This field may be provided in requests, but will never be included in responses.

Per API Key: {maxInPeriod} requests every {periodInSeconds} seconds per IP Address

This field may be set on responses, but will be ignored in requests.

The following API key permissions are required to call this endpoint. For more
information on generating proper keys, see [Managing API Keys]({apiKeyReferenceDocLink}).

The following endpoints are available at paths relative to the base URL.

This string is formatted as a [FieldMask](/cloud/reference/types#fieldmask).

A JSON value can be `null`, `boolean`, `string`, `number`, `array`, or `object`.

The following scopes are required for your OAuth 2.0 application to use this endpoint. For more information on how to register an OAuth 2.0 application, see [App Registration and Review]({oauth2ReferenceDocLink}).

The following objects describe payloads that are accepted or returned. See each individual endpoint for more information on when these objects are used.

This string is formatted as a [Timestamp](/cloud/reference/types#timestamp).

This allows viewing information about your assets.

This allows uploading and updating assets to Roblox.

Grants the ability to update badges owned by the user.

This allows viewing information about your commerce items.

This allows editing of your commerce merchant connections.

This allows you to view information about your Creator Store products.

This allows you to modify information about your Creator Store products.

This allows viewing information about your groups.

This allows you to manage group join requests for your account.

This allows viewing information about your inventory.

Grants access to mange your badges and spend robux.

Grants access to manage your developer products.

Grants access to read information about the experiences you follow.

Grants access to follow and unfollow experiences on your behalf.

Grants permission to read group information.

Grants access to read and write your localization tables

Grants access to manage team collaboration for all experiences you own.

Grants access to manage your experiences and certain information associated with your experiences (e.g. localization information).

Grants access to read your experiences' localization information.

Grants access to modify your experiences' localization preferences.

Grants access to manage your user account.

Grants access to modify user localization preferences.

This grants the ability to publish messages on behalf of users.

This allows sending notifications from your experience to users.

This allows listing secrets associated with your experience.

This allows creating and updating secrets associated with your experience.

Grants access to read about your subscription products.

Grants the ability to read place information.

Grants the ability to edit place information.

This operation grants access to publish new versions of experiences to Roblox.

Grants the ability to read experience information.

Grants the ability to edit experience information.

Allows you to view user restrictions in the experience.

Allows you to edit user restrictions in the experience.

Grants the ability to read user's premium and verified status.

This allows you to view a user's social accounts.

This enables Single Sign-On functionality.

This grants access to read your profile information.

Default Value: {defaultValueStart}{defaultValueEnd}

An array is an ordered list of values. Arrays are useful for storing collections of data.

A set of key-value pairs, where the keys can be any number, string, or object.

This function returns immediately if possible, but can yield the thread that called it until it can return a value.

{nameStart}name{nameEnd} is no longer supported or maintained by Roblox.

This math operation is no longer supported or maintained by Roblox.

This member doesn’t appear in the object browser and is not intended for widespread use.

This member is only accessible only through the command bar. Attempting to access this member from scripts causes an error.

This function can’t pause the Lua thread that called it.

Attempting to access this member in scripts causes an error. You might be able to access this member from Roblox Studio's property window.

This member doesn’t appear in Roblox Studio’s Object Browser.

You can’t create an instance of this class with the Instance.new constructor.

Roblox does not replicate this member across its server-client boundary.

Lua code can’t access this member. You might be able to change its value from the property window in Roblox Studio.

This member is accessible from OpenCloud Luau execution tasks.

This object’s replication behavior is dependent on the player who owns it.

This member is accessible through the command bar and plugins. Attempting to access this member from scripts causes an error.

This member is read only. Attempting to write to this member causes an error.

This property is read-only and is safe to read in unsynchronized threads. Attempting to write to it causes an error.

This member is accessible only in CoreScripts.

Only Roblox CoreScripts can access this member, and it isn’t usable by Players.

You can read and write to this property safely from multiple threads.

This class is a top-level singleton. Retrieve an instance of this class with the GetService function.

Multiple threads can potentially write to this property, so it’s unsafe to read from unsynchronized threads.

This function pauses the Lua thread that called it until it returns a result. This doesn’t interrupt other scripts.

SurfaceLight

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